On Wednesday in the regional semifinals No. 2 St. Edward will face an Aurora Christian squad that has scored 80 or more points in three of its last four games  including the one that began the streak Feb. 9 against St. Edward.

I like the teamwork, were just all working together and were finally clicking at the right time and peaking at the right moment, which is regionals and moving on to sectionals, hopefully. Yeah, I feel like just chemistry-wise were doing really good, Harrell said.

Throw in another 3-pointer by Steve Buhrt at the start of the all-sub fourth quarter and Aurora Christian (17-11) made 10 for the game. The Eagles, in their fifth straight win, were bigger, stronger, faster and more athletic than Somonauk (12-16).

Theyre just big bodies and strong kids, and (it) freed them up. They knocked down a lot of shots, said Bobcats coach Ron Hunt. When youre shooting the ball well it makes the rest of the game a little bit easier. We couldnt get it going offensively and thats partly because their defense is very aggressive and physical.

After a first quarter in which seven Aurora Christian players scored and Cory Windle grabbed 6 rebounds to help post a 23-12 lead, the Eagles forced 8 Somonauk turnovers in the second quarter, getting steals by Grant Schweisthal, Haydn McNelis and Ryan McQuade.

Harrell canned three 3s in the quarter to go up 45-17 at halftime.

Recently coach (Pat McNamara) has been like, If we dont play as a team were not going far. So we came together as a team and were working hard, were working hard on defense, on offense. Getting our teammates shots, good shots, and just working a lot better as a team, said McQuade, who scored 14 points to join Harrell and Paxton Singer, with 10 points, in double figures.

And still Aurora Christian mustered its highest-scoring quarter of the game to go into the fourth quarter leading 68-29.

We got wide-open shots, McNamara said. Thats what I like to see. A lot of assists, a lot of guys moving the ball real well and try to get it inside. Thats what weve got to do  weve got to get people in foul trouble and make that extra pass, and offensively that was the difference.